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My Writing Routine
I am terrible about forcing myself to sit down and write. If I sit at my desk, even if I have a timer going, it never ends in a successful writing session. I get distracted, start thinking about something completely unrelated, then the next thing I know an hour has passed and I’ve written five…
Authors’ Social Media Battles
Since starting my author social media accounts, I’ve struggled to gain followers, likes, and simply views. I joined TikTok in June 2024. I started posting daily in September 2024. From then until last month, all except 56 of my posts got less than 100 views. Most of them got less than 50, a large percentage…
What I’ve Learned While Writing My YA Fantasy
My goal for 2025 was to write the first draft of my young adult fantasy novel. I didn’t finish writing the entire book, but I have written over 67,000 words. I planned for it to be around 80,000, but I’m just now entering the last quarter of the storyline. I still plan for it to…
Allison Burton 